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Re: 10 shot, killed in south Ala. towns; shooter dead

You're saying everyone should be required to own a dueling pistol, and not allowed anything else, if I'm interpreting your "in the hands of the public" correctly.

"Should" doesn't equal "required". I'm cool with handguns, shotguns, sniper rifles, bb guns, and Super Soakers, but I don't see what anyone who isn't actively fighting a war in another country needs to be firing a semi-automatic weapon for. Same with machine guns and grenades. You don't hunt deer with an AK-47, you don't scare off muggers with a weapon too large to conceal, and generally a clipfrom a pistol should be enough to deal with an assailant; that is, unless you're a really terrible shot. My greatest terrorism-related fear involves someone purchasing a semi-automatic or full automatic weapon, carrying it into a major city in an instrument case or something, and opening fire in the middle of Times Square/a crowded theater/a sporting stadium.

Originally Posted by Korimyr the Rat

Heh. Do you realize how many children I'd murder to be immortal and have an army of willing slaves?

Re: 10 shot, killed in south Ala. towns; shooter dead

Originally Posted by Edify_Always_In_All_Ways

"Should" doesn't equal "required". I'm cool with handguns, shotguns, sniper rifles, bb guns, and Super Soakers, but I don't see what anyone who isn't actively fighting a war in another country needs to be firing a semi-automatic weapon for. Same with machine guns and grenades. You don't hunt deer with an AK-47, you don't scare off muggers with a weapon too large to conceal, and generally a clipfrom a pistol should be enough to deal with an assailant; that is, unless you're a really terrible shot. My greatest terrorism-related fear involves someone purchasing a semi-automatic or full automatic weapon, carrying it into a major city in an instrument case or something, and opening fire in the middle of Times Square/a crowded theater/a sporting stadium.